Iran: In Coid Blood

For nearly two years, Iran and Iraq have been locked in an inconclusive
war notable for its size and savagery. An estimated 200,000 soldiers
from both sides have died, and 70,000 more have been taken prisoner.
Yet even by those grim standards the charge was shocking: that Iran's
Islamic Guards, fanatical supporters of the Ayatullah Ruhollah
Khomeini, have massacred substantial numbers of unarmed Iraqi prisoners
of war.

The allegation surfaced last week in Paris, where members of the
Mujahedin-e Khalq, a Muslim socialist party opposed to the Khomeini
regime, released photos purporting to be of one such...